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Ruti has run Chanukah activities for young children and the elderly and would like to share ideas with you in this workshop. We aim to make a healthy edible cucumber Menorah and some simple Chanukah decorations. Suitable for all ages.
Shabbat and Hanukah Programming
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A discussion on what the Chanukah story means to you. What elements do you most identify with? Illuminate others on your own Chanukah traditions!
Shabbat and Hanukah Programming
Yellow 24
The first night of Limmud, the first night of Chanukah -sounds like a reason to celebrate! Head to Yellow 24 for a communal candle-lighting extravaganza, sharing the light of Chanukah with one another as we hear thoughts on the festival, take in some amazing Chanukah performances from some of Festival’s most exciting musical acts and, of course, light the Chanukiah as one.
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Many Jews yearn for an embodied spirituality that some view as 'pagan', or dismiss as 'hippy.' However, Judaism is deeply rooted in earth-based practices, and not only in the ancient past. Come and learn about the crossover of Chanukah and Winter Solstice in Jewish history and practice, and take home something for your own inspiration
Jewish Ways with Winter Solstice_ Limmud 2019.pdf
_ Limmud Social Programming Team
Purple 31 (Bar)
Remember the clay menorot and sand art dreidls we made in school and cheder… and Limmud?! This LGBT+ open space will be an opportunity to get crafty like the old days and meet other LGBT+ Jews, socialise and network. This is a family-friendly session and we encourage those with children to bring them along.
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It is thought that the reason we light our Menorah's is to advertise the Miracle of Chanukah. But the scholars of the Talmud left us hints, suggesting that the true purpose of our candles is to light up something that usually remains in the darkness - our public spaces. How can we do that? Why should we? and what does it have to do with Chanukah?
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What to do in the face of tyranny and oppression? This is a real question Jews have asked themselves for millennia. In this Jewish Justice session – a taste of some of the work the Lyons Learning Project – we ask whether there are particularly Jewish ways of framing our response and what the texts of our tradition might teach us about ourselves.
Orange 10
Lights, lights and more lights. Why so many? And what for? We'll explore the classic rabbinic texts, discover a raft of opinions and try to uncover the conceptual bases that underpin the halachic debates.
2019.12.22 Chanuka.pdf
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Chanukah is essentially about the single uncontaminated cruse of oil that was discovered by the Maccabees in the defiled Temple in around 165 BCE, and which miraculously lasted for eight days. Alas, that is a rabbinic myth. In this session we will instead uncover the true miracle of Chanukah.
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